Below you’ll find an interview with EGS cohort/pal Maia Gianakos, a curator who lives in Berlin. The topic was our EGS Poetry and Philosophy course led by the extraordinary Judith Balso. The conversation captures an emotional moment of discovery Maia and I shared after Judith presented breathtaking insight and challenge around Russian poet Osip Mandelstam and his poem “Ode to Stalin”. Thank you Maia. Thank you, Judith.